Media And Culture

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Evolving Tactics of the National Prison Strike
03 Sep 2018
The tactics of imprisoned activists have evolved since the prison strike of 2016, which was brutally repressed, especially in Georgia, said Bruce Terpstra, of the Incarcerated Work
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Cell Phones Pull Back Curtain on Prison Conditions
03 Sep 2018
Prison officials across the country are apoplectic over inmate access to cell phones, partly because “it allows people that are incarcerated to serve as reporters, to broadcast firsthand what they
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Panthers Struggled for “Global Justice”
03 Sep 2018
The Black Panther Party “saw the world through a lens of global justice,” said Robyn Spencer, author of the new book, The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender and the Black
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Democrats Must Be Confronted on Militarism
03 Sep 2018
The Women’s March on the Pentagon, scheduled for October 20 and 21, “is an important part of ‘Anti-war Autumn’” activities, said Ajamu Baraka, director of the Black Alliance for Pe
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Rocky Road for the Corporate Duopoly if Blacks Back Bernie in 2020
30 Aug 2018
The biggest obstacle to Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic nomination in 2020 is Kamala Harris, the corporate, anti-Black prosecutor. But Black voters are now in Bernie’s camp.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Prison Strike 2018
29 Aug 2018
Inmates in states across the nation are on strike against the world’s largest and most racist prison system. Hopefully, they won’[t be betrayed by quisling civil rights misleaders, as in 2010.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
In the Year of the Pig: The Real Vietnam War Heroes
29 Aug 2018
John McCain’s death triggered mass media regurgitations of Vietnam-era imperial racism and just plain idiocy, but also reminded us of those who risked everything to stop the war.
Boots Riley
Spike Lee’s Film Makes Cop That Spied on Blacks Into Hero
29 Aug 2018
Boots Riley says Spike Lee’s new movie is propaganda designed to make police look like allies in the fight against racial oppression.
Jessica Corbett
Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike
29 Aug 2018
At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
29 Aug 2018
This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”